Samba-jazz

Samba-jazz or jazz samba is an instrumental subgenre of samba that emerged in the bossa nova ambit between the late 1950s and early 1960s in Brazil.^[1][2]

The style consolidated the approach of Brazilian samba with American jazz,^[3] especially bebop and hard bop, jazzy styles quite experienced by Brazilian musicians in scope of gafieiras and nightclubs especially in Rio de Janeiro.^[2][4] Having its initial formation based on the piano, the double bass and the drums, samba-jazz gradually absorbed broader musical instruments.^[2]

Unlike bossa nova, which is a style of samba characterized by its intimate spirit, soft sound and the restraint of sound elements, samba-jazz has many elements present in improvising and stridency.^[5] Nevertheless as bossa nova became well known, samba-jazz itself was favored by the bossa-novista repertoire,^[6] and a whole generation of instrumentalists influenced by American jazz, such as Sérgio Mendes, J.T. Meirelles, Edison Machado, Dom Um Romão, Zimbo Trio, , Milton Banana Trio, , among others, became involved with the style led by João Gilberto.^[7]

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• Lopes, Nei; Simas, Luiz Antonio (2015). Dicionário da História Social do Samba (in Brazilian Portuguese) (2ª ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
• Silva, Rafael Mariano Camilo da (2017). Desafinado: dissonâncias nos discursos acerca da influência do Jazz na Bossa Nova (PDF) (Master) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Uberlândia: Federal University of Uberlândia. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
• Barsalini, Lorenzo (2014). "A Turma da Gafieira: os conflitos entre a tradição e a modernidade nos precursores do samba jazz". ANAIS do XXIV Congresso da ANPPOM (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo: XXIV Congresso da ANPPOM. 1.

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